What is a "2 Meter Session?"

[afterburn 549]

On YouTube, I noticed the header 2-meter session and have googled it.
Does anyone know what this means?
This has with various groups
thanx

[Steve Carlton]

This?

https://2metersessions.com/

[Dixie]

First, a simple two, or duple, meter in music has two beats, one strong, and one weak.

Given that, here's my stretch on why the program is named, 2 Meter Sessions. It's meant to reflect a simpler, shortened, session with the featured artist.

Oh, the program was originally broadcast in the Netherlands beginning in 1987, but you probably already know that.

[afterburn 549]

For examples, you will see
Mazy Star (Hope Sandeval )
4 Nonblonds and others with this header .
I don't know music internals and have not a clue how a meter fits it.
I know meters and antennas work together.....

[red-beard]

I thought this might be about Amateur radio. I haven't worked 2 meters in a while.

[Steve Carlton]

Do you have an example or two of the YouTube videos?

[rockfan4]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

This?

https://2metersessions.com/

I think that's what it is. They have their own Youtube channel.

About
We film/record sessions with inspiring musicians, ever since 1987. New and old sessions on this channel. Located in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Contact: info@2metersessies.nl

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2 Meter Sessions, active since 1987, is a well-known music platform from The Netherlands. More than 1675 sessions are recorded throughout the years, including session with Nirvana, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Cranberries, Coldplay, Randy Newman, James Taylor, David Crosby, Beck, Elliott Smith and Radiohead. More recent names include James Vincent McMorrow, Damien Jurado, Fink, Amen Dunes and Strand of Oaks.
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Joined Sep 9, 2011
Netherlands

[afterburn 549]

Just type or voice into Utube- "two meter sessions" and you will gets lots of musical results.
i just did.
I got a playlist of some I know and some I don't know.

[Dixie]

[Dixie]

[Bill Douglas]

I guess it can mean different things to different people.

[Steve Carlton]

Yes.

[afterburn 549]

YUP. I have not a clue

[L8Brakr]

2metersession................Up Close and Personal???? Front Row Seats?????

Dutch version of Unplugged?? I haven't watched the videos yet, but I have logged many nights in a Holiday Inn.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by L8Brakr

2metersession................Up Close and Personal???? Front Row Seats?????

Dutch version of Unplugged?? I haven't watched the videos yet, but I have logged many nights in a Holiday Inn.

In kindness, what's your point? You admittedly haven't listened, but offer an opinion anyway? Lordy, It's like you're bragging point is your ignorance.

Look, it's not like 2 Meter Session is a program no one else has ever copied. It's claim to fame is that it's a pioneer program that's been in production for 37 years. Tell me another program that's done that.

[L8Brakr]

Originally Posted by Dixie

In kindness, what's your point? You admittedly haven't listened, but offer an opinion anyway? Lordy, It's like you're bragging point is your ignorance.

Look, it's not like 2 Meter Session is a program no one else has ever copied. It's claim to fame is that it's a pioneer program that's been in production for 37 years. Tell me another program that's done that.

Wow! Guess I touched a nerve. What about my post makes you think it was directed at you?

Waves and VU meters don't offend you, and yet you throw "ignorance" in my direction. Bless Your Heart.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by L8Brakr

Wow! Guess I touched a nerve. What about my post makes you think it was directed at you?

I'm not offended, nor did I think it was directed at me. I was just wondering why you made such a vapid post. I'm not trying to be mean. I want to understand.

[Steve Carlton]

[afterburn 549]

Still, none of us know ...Amazing!

[Steve Carlton]

I suspect it is you who hasn't put any effort into providing links or reading them.





The show was conceived in 1987 by Dutch radio presenter Jan Douwe Kroeske when, on his popular national radio show, he persuaded New-Zealand band Crowded House to play a short set of their popular songs. The response of the public was so great, that 2 Meter Sessions quickly became a household name in The Netherlands. Almost a million 2 Meter Sessions cd’s were sold in the Netherlands.
In 1993, the show made a successful transition from radio to television, quickly becoming a nation wide phenomenon. The TV edition of 2 Meter Sessions aired for over 10 years, with video sessions of new talent, breakthrough acts and arrived career artists. The show made several comebacks on national television, the most recent one in 2020 by filming with Dutch acts to help them reach an audience during the pandemic.


Archive footage of 2 Meter Sessions can regularly be seen in (theatrical) documentary movies, like “Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (with footage of our session with INXS, filmed in 1997), “Heaven Adores You” (with footage of our session with Elliott Smith, filmed in 1998) and “All I Can Say” (with footage of our session with Blind Melon, filmed in 1993).



In 2018 the team began uploading more and more videos to their fast growing Youtube-channel, showcasing clips from the archive and highlighting new sessions.

The international appreciation of 2 Meter Sessions has been confirmed by looking at the statistics of the Youtube-channel: only 4,7% of the over 35,000,000 views is from The Netherlands.

2 Meter Sesssions has been streaming official recordings from the archive on digital platforms like Spotify, iTunes and Tidal since 2019. Over 21 hours of audio has already been made available to stream worldwide.

We still record 3 to 4 new sessions monthly (in a pandamic free world), with promising and breakthrough acts from all over the world. The recording locations vary from professional recording studios to improvised mobile set-ups at festivals.